by Shona Milne on February 11, 2010
Hollywood Hill Vineyards - Feb 13th - Wine & Cheese Pairing - 3-6pm - $20
Edmonds Winery - Feb 13th & 14th - Chocolate & Red Wine Affair - 1-5pm - no fee
Silver Lake Winery - Feb 12th-15th - Red Wine & Chocolates
Canon de Sol & Irlandes - Feb 13th - Meet the Winemaker Dinner - $50 [...]
by Shona Milne on January 31, 2010
Tickets are now available for Passport 2010 which is April 17th & 18th. The tickets are $60 for two day tickets and $40 for Sunday only. You can purchase your tickets at Woodinville Wine Country.
by Shona Milne on December 9, 2009
I knew from the moment that I slid into Columbia Winery’s parking lot on early Saturday morning that it would be an interesting weekend. I handed out glasses and tickets to St. Nick’s Open House Weekend before the event and headed out late Saturday morning for some power tasting. It was a cold, frosty, and [...]
by Shona Milne on November 10, 2009
We have less than a week before St. Nick Weekend is upon us. There are still Saturday/Sunday and Sunday only tickets available; $50 and $35 respectively. JM Cellars and Mark Ryan are participating this year. You can get your tickets at Woodinville Wine Country. Next booklet and glass pickup is on December 4th at Columbia Winery from [...]
by Shona Milne on October 23, 2009
I stopped by William Church Winery on Saturday to do a punch down of the grapes. It’s a process of punching down through the grapes as they sit on top of the juice. It looks easy but it a challenge to punch through the grapes at first. It get a bit easier as they have [...]
by Shona Milne on October 19, 2009
There have been quite a few conversations about social media and how wineries can use these tools. I was fortunately to be invited to William Church Winery last Saturday night for another conversation. Quite few few other bloggers/tweeters were also in attendance to offer opinions on how wineries, specifically William Church, can leverage Facebook, Twitter, and the internet [...]
by Shona Milne on August 17, 2009
I first must apoligize to @GormanWinery for leaving them off of my current follows on Twitter. I have found out about a few more Woodinville wineries who tweet. There is @diStefanowinery, @silverlakewines, @stemichellebob, @stemichelle, @gardvintners, @Facelli, @ElsomCellars, and now @WmChurchWinery has signed on.
I appreciate everyone who has let me know about wineries who tweet in Woodinville [...]
by Shona Milne on June 20, 2009
Woodinville Wine County has a new event this summer. Wine Notes will take place at Columbia Winery on July 15th from 5-8pm. Tickets go on sale on Monday, June 22nd for $30 online and $40 at the door. About 20 wineries are participating and there will be music and hors d’oeuvres.
by Shona Milne on June 17, 2009
I attended the Seattle Wine Awards on Sunday at the Rainier Club. It was quite a nice spot to honor all of our fabulous Washington wines. I was invited as press to blog and Twitter live during the event. It was the first time that this was set up for the Seattle Wine Awards. My fellow [...]
by Shona Milne on May 18, 2009
I stopped by the Grand Opening at Gard Vintners on Saturday. It was a gorgeous day to be out and about with a bonus of tasting wine. It was a packed house and everyone was having a great time with the wine. I tasted through about 15 wines from Alma Terra, Gard, and Smasne Cellars. [...]